Chapter 671: Keeping an eye on the armored forces
Hu Guoshan set his eyes on the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils, although the number of these tanks and armored vehicles is pitiful, but no matter how small the flies are, they are still meat. In fact, Hu Guoshan's vision is not just to see things like little devils.
In the near future, Hu Guoshan's troops will definitely be the main force of the new 33rd Army to attack Shanxi, and when the troops come to the city of Taiyuan, their division will definitely have a bloody battle with the Japanese army in Taiyuan.
And judging from the current situation around Shanxi, the Eighth Route Army and Yan Laoxi's troops will definitely be involved at that time, Liao Fan has not woken up yet, and they must think about things in the long run.
"No matter how difficult it is, we have to take it down, this is not a temporary benefit!"
Although Liao Fan didn't listen well to Hu Guoshan when he gave them the advantage of the armored forces in the future, Hu Guoshan's military ability at least began to be able to see the key to some problems, and the advantages of the armored forces on the battlefield were indeed obvious, especially in the battle where he led his troops to support Jing Cheng, and they could only blow up the tanks of the little devils on the plain with the lives of the soldiers.
The staff officers of Hu Guoshan's division did not expect that Hu Guoshan would make such a big determination to get his hands on the tanks and armored vehicles of the little devils.
"Division Commander, why don't we ask Deputy Brigade Commander Yan for help?" The soldiers of the special operations brigade had experience in capturing Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, and they would certainly be able to provide some experience in this regard.
Hu Guoshan shook his head, this kind of action is extremely risky and cannot guarantee success. According to the combat style of the special operations brigade, if you want to act, it is nothing more than to infiltrate in disguise, and once it fails, Hu Guoshan cannot afford such a responsibility, after all, the lives of the soldiers of the special operations brigade are expensive.
"This time we are acting on our own, and what the special operations brigade can do, we will definitely be able to do!" Hu Guoshan believed in his soldiers, and there were many veterans in their division who survived, no worse than the soldiers of the special operations brigade.
After the Japanese army in front of Yangquan fought a counterattack, they never launched an attack on Yangquan again, but began to deploy positions ten miles away from Yangquan to defend against the counterattack of the New 33rd Army.
The commander of the little devil knows very well that with their ability, they want to fight hard with Hu Guoshan's division, and more than eighty percent of the losses are little devils, so the little devils are not stupid, and after taking advantage of them for a while, they immediately became honest, and they can still distinguish who is the uncle and who is the grandson on the battlefield.
Moreover, their purpose was to contain Hu Guoshan's division, as long as the Japanese troops in the other two directions made progress, their frontal Hu Guoshan division would definitely divide its troops.
The little devil's wishful thinking is very good, although the plan to go north to Taihang has allowed Liao Fan to take away more than 40,000 troops, but Li Lingfei is not idle every day in the station, and their recruitment plan has not stopped.
Especially after the last battle of Jingcheng, Li Lingfei accelerated the recruitment and training of soldiers, in order to prevent mutations, so Li Lingfei is more confident now than the last time.
Up to now, the Japanese troops in the Datong direction and the Japanese troops in the Hebei direction have attacked fiercely, but Hu Guoshan's troops have not shown the slightest sign of mobilization, which makes the little devil more and more uneasy.
If the Chinese army on the opposite side hula pressed on them all, I am afraid they would have to retreat. Once they retreat, Taiyuan will be left without troops to defend, and I am afraid that the Chinese army will easily capture Taiyuan with only one battalion of troops.
For the safety of Taiyuan, the little devils who counterattacked in Shanxi could not retreat, and at this time the little devils were really in a dilemma, in a dilemma, and they could only build fortifications in the field to block the attack of the Chinese army as much as possible.
However, the Japanese commander in charge of attacking Yangquan heard that their troops attacking Luoyang had been surrounded by the national army, which made him very frightened. Originally, it was hoped that after they could successfully take Luoyang, they would quickly withdraw to help them resist the attack of the New 33rd Army, but now that they were surrounded, only their troops could dare to fight independently in Shanxi.
The most important thing is that the people opposite them are the New 33rd Army, even if it is the elite troops of the National Army, they are not worried at all, they have been dealing with the New 33rd Army for two years, and now they are afraid and afraid of the New 33rd Army, if they are really not afraid, there is no need for them to attack Henan in the south.
The Japanese commander patrolled the position again and again, and he had to ensure that the firepower points on his position were well deployed, especially the troops of the New 33rd Army were good at night attacks, and as long as they could withstand the first round of attacks of the New 33rd Army, they would be able to stabilize the situation instead of quickly retreating.
"Where are our tanks and armored vehicles?" The commander of the little devil asked a staff officer next to him after inspecting the position.
"Report to Your Excellency the Commander, our tanks and armored vehicles are on standby a kilometer behind us!"
The commander of the little devil is afraid of death, he must be ready to run away at any time, the armored troops are his means of escaping, he must take care of the armored troops, as long as the armored troops are intact, they will be able to escape back.
"How many troops are there around the armored forces?" The commander of the little devil must know his troops clearly.
"There is a large group of troops around to protect, if there is a problem, we will definitely be able to react!"
The commander of the little devil attaches great importance to his armored forces, he was originally a commander of armored forces, although most of his armored forces are still infantry, but he is also invincible on the Chinese battlefield, and there is no opponent.
Now he can only use his tank as a fixed turret for support firepower, and he can't charge into battle at all, otherwise it can only be a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.
As everyone knows, Hu Guoshan has already arranged for the scouts to approach the position of the little devil's armored troops, and if you want to get the little devil's tanks and armored vehicles, you must understand the situation of the little devil clearly.
The little devils defended their armored troops very tightly, and the scouts sent by Hu Guoshan could not get close to the Japanese positions at all. But scouts have the intelligence of scouts, and they have encountered this situation not once or twice.
"The first squad is from the left, the second squad is from the right, and the platoon leader is responsible for recording the fire deployment of the little devils!" The company commander of the scout looked at the Japanese positions with a telescope.
There is a brigade of little devils on the position, this from the defensive terrain and area, the reconnaissance company commander can determine the general strength of the little devils, and now he needs to figure out the firepower deployment of the little devils, so he ordered the soldiers he brought to prepare for action.
The little devils are still reinforcing the fortifications, they want to protect the armored troops foolproof, of course, they must protect themselves first, so they have to make their fortifications as strong as possible. And these little devils plan to only be permanent, not simply build communication trenches and trenches.
The Japanese were chatting and working on the position, and occasionally soldiers passed one after another, apparently not noticing that someone was slowly approaching them.
Two squads of soldiers used weeds to disguise themselves and slowly crawled towards the Japanese position, approaching their intended position. The company commander and a platoon commander also approached the Japanese position, but they were not responsible for fighting the Japanese army, but only for recording the exposed fire points of the Japanese army.
"Bang"
With the sound of a gunshot, one of the Japanese soldiers standing guard fell, and the little devil immediately discovered the position where he fired at them, and the various weapons on the position kept firing at the scouts of the two squads.
The scouts also lay on the ground and fired back at the Japanese, and due to the lack of troops, the fire of the scouts in the two squads was temporarily suppressed, and casualties began to appear.
The commander of the reconnaissance company lined up on the ground, looked at the firing points on the Japanese position with a telescope, and kept describing them to the platoon commander next to him, so that the platoon commander could record it.
After about five minutes of fighting between the two sides, the scouts retreated, and after a long time, their numbers and firepower were clearly felt by the little devils, and when the time came, as long as the Japanese sent a small team of troops to copy their rear road, they would never go back.
And five minutes is enough time to reconnoiter the firepower deployment of the little devils, and the rest depends on their company commanders and platoon commanders.
The little devils successfully smashed a sneak attack by the soldiers of the New 33rd Army, of course, they have to cheer, even a small victory now is enough for these little devils to cheer, because they have been suppressed for two years, making them think that the New 33rd Army is invincible.
The Japanese command was glad that its armored forces had not suffered any losses after receiving a sneak attack on the positions of the armored troops, but he understood that this was the Chinese army's reconnaissance and probing.
However, the commander of the little devil did not dare to rashly conclude that the new 33rd Army was not eyeing his armored troops, in case the Chinese army suddenly killed him when they were deploying troops to protect the armored troops, then all his arrangements would be in vain.
The commander of the little devils did not know what the purpose of the Chinese soldiers was, whether it was simply to conduct reconnaissance or to divert their attention.
I can't figure out what the enemy is aiming for, and that's the most headache on the battlefield. And also in front of such a formidable opponent.
In order to ensure that the armored troops did not have any worries, the commander of the little devil decided to arrange for the soldiers to eat, drink, and sleep on tanks and armored vehicles, and change posts randomly every twelve hours, so as to ensure that when there is a battle, they can respond at any time.
Hu Guoshan got the news from the scouts, of course, this is just the deployment of the Japanese army's firepower, Hu Guoshan still knows nothing about the real situation of the Japanese armored forces, but Hu Guoshan has paid attention, he decided to conduct another reconnaissance tomorrow, and then the large army will act tomorrow night.
The troops in Yangquan City began to move urgently, and the situation of the transfer of troops in the city was quickly known by the Japanese spies in the city, and then the news was sent out of the city. On the eve of the war, the Japanese commanders began to feel unprecedented tension.